The trade war has hit American farmers at a vulnerable time as they are harvesting their largest ever crop of soybeans. Photo: AFP The trade war has hit American farmers at a vulnerable time as they are harvesting their largest ever crop of soybeans. Photo: AFP
The trade war has hit American farmers at a vulnerable time as they are harvesting their largest ever crop of soybeans. Photo: AFP
China /  Diplomacy

As trade war batters Chinese demand for soybeans, US farmers turn back to grains

  • China used to buy 60 per cent of US soybean exports but has bought almost none for months due to the tariff dispute
  • Soybean prices tumbled to a decade-low on September 18

Topic |   US-China trade war
Reuters
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Updated: 10:31pm, 3 Nov, 2018

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The trade war has hit American farmers at a vulnerable time as they are harvesting their largest ever crop of soybeans. Photo: AFP The trade war has hit American farmers at a vulnerable time as they are harvesting their largest ever crop of soybeans. Photo: AFP
The trade war has hit American farmers at a vulnerable time as they are harvesting their largest ever crop of soybeans. Photo: AFP
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